Triple
T2835810
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | North American rail network |
E62345
|
entity |
| Predicate | passengerOperator |
P28038
|
FINISHED |
| Object | VIA Rail Canada |
E127380
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: VIA Rail Canada | Statement: [North American rail network, passengerOperator, VIA Rail Canada]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VIA Rail Canada Context triple: [North American rail network, passengerOperator, VIA Rail Canada]
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A.
Via Rail
chosen
Via Rail is Canada's national intercity passenger rail service, operating train routes that connect major cities and regions across the country.
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B.
Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway is a major Canadian freight railway company that operates an extensive rail network across Canada and into the United States.
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C.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway company that played a central role in the country’s development and later expanded into a major transportation and hospitality conglomerate.
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D.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is a major North American freight railway company formed by the merger of Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern, operating an extensive rail network connecting Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
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E.
Grand Trunk Railway
The Grand Trunk Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Canadian railway system that played a key role in linking central Canada with the Atlantic coast and the United States before being absorbed into the Canadian National Railway.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ab4c3c39188190955b9c49d98463d8 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe08ae5048190a0a3b573d9a5fdbc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afe8c890508190868f50f4e5e1d642 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:01 p.m.